Police

The Akwa Ibom Police Command has warned its personnel against extortion, abuse of authority and the unauthorised circulation of sensitive official information on social media, threatening disciplinary action against officers whose conduct undermines public confidence in the Force.

Police operatives, on Tuesday, fired teargas and dispersed residents, journalists and political figures gathered at the Lekki tollgate in Lagos for a memorial procession in honour of victims of the October 2020 #EndSARS protests.

The Akwa Ibom Police Command has rescued a group of fishermen, including a Ghanaian national, allegedly abducted by suspected sea pirates along the waterways of Ibeno Local Government Area, recovering several outboard engines and other items from the suspects.

The Delta State Police Command has detained the Commissioner for Secondary Education, Dr Kingsley Ashibogwu, and four other persons as investigations deepen into the death of Mr Unity Ekpevbughe Adeda, a Deputy Director in the state Ministry of Secondary Education.

The Abia State Police Command has uncovered a grim scene in a forested area of Umunneochi Local Government Area after its operatives recovered 28 human skulls and other bones from suspected criminal camps around Isuochi and Nneato communities.

British police forces are selling some electric bikes seized from suspected offenders at public auctions, raising concerns that vehicles removed from the streets over suspected illegal use or criminal activity could eventually return to circulation.

The Delta State Government has constituted an eight-member Administrative Panel of Inquiry to unravel the circumstances surrounding the death of Mr Adeda Ekwevugbe, a Deputy Director in the Ministry of Basic and Secondary Education, following an incident at his workplace in Asaba.

The Akwa Ibom State Police Command has arrested a suspected armed robber, Ini Mfon, and recovered two locally made pistols and two machetes.

The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has intercepted illicit drugs with a combined street value of more than ₦3.4 billion in a series of intelligence-led operations conducted across Lagos, Edo, Niger, Delta, Ondo, Gombe, Imo states and the Federal Capital Territory.

A joint team of police and the military has stormed a terrorist hideout in Gumki Forest, Kangiwa, killing suspected terrorist elements during an early-morning clearance operation.